Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had a Nikon F where the body covering was peeling, so I purchased a kit from Camera Leather and tried to change it. It was a total fiasco, and I do not think I will ever try again - I am just not dextrous enough with my hands for such endeavours: http://cameraleather.com/ Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 6:48?AM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I has an M3 that I stripped of its Vulcanite and put on a simple vinyl > sheet likeecovering I got from a man on EBay. > > The vulcanite is hard.... and remarkably "chippy". It took a lot of > effort to remove. > > I did have the giuts CLA,,and I dd the body work while waiting for the CLA > to be finished. You do need to remove the guts from the body shell. > > After the vulcanite was removed, I needed to wash down the body with > something ( alcohol? or was it something more.... toxic?) to allow the > glue from > the new skin to adhere. > > > Is it hard? NO > > Is it fussy? YES > > Can YOU do it? depends..... it is worth a try....... > > Se here for something similar to what I bought..... > > https://tinyurl.com/4j523re6 > > > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > On 9/24/2024 2:28 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > > Don't have an M6 and am wondering how do you know its birthday? However, > my M3 passed 60 years old last year and is looking its age. Its vulcanite > > is cracked, missing a small piece and needs a new suit of clothes. Has > anybody on this list changed the vulcanite on theirs? It might be a winter > > job for me. > > I also have a 1941-42 lllc which is looking and working well. > > > > Mind you, I haven't put a roll through them for at least ten years, but > must do before new year. > > > > Douglas > > > > On 24/09/2024 15:31, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: > >> Happy Birthday Leica M6! > >> > >> Today my M6 is 27 years old, still very young, my IIIF is 70 years old! > >> I hope that digital artifacts has also a long life! > >> #LeicaM6#lluisripollphotography > >> > >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Leica_M6.jpg.html> > >> > >> Saludos cordiales > >> Lluis > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information